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Closure of BBC Radio 4 Long Wave: how can I continue listening in France?
As of this weekend, listeners will no longer be able to access the station on their radios
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Heatwave in France: 72 departments placed on red alert
The heatwave is expected to persist until Sunday
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Why are so many trains in France cancelled during heatwaves?
Commuters point to countries in Africa and Asia where trains still run in extreme heat
New French government site helps for old objects
Don’t throw out your old possessions!
A new government site – longuevieauxobjets.gouv.fr – has launched to help you to keep your possessions longer or find a new use for them instead of binning them.
It provides a directory of 76,000 associations and companies which can help share, hire, rent out, buy secondhand, give away or repair items.
State agency Ademe says if everyone kept their television for nine years, not eight, it would reduce emissions by 1.7million tonnes of carbon dioxide, the amount produced in a year by a city the size of Lyon.
